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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Verbena hastata (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Blue Vervain; Wild Hyssop; American Blue Vervain
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CORNIN 0 Plant Damtoft, S., Jensen, S. R., Nielsen, B. J. 1979. Iridoids in Verbena. Taxon, 28: 525-528.
HASTATOSIDE 3 Plant 500.0 *
HASTATOSIDE 3 Shoot *
VERBENALIN 7 Plant *
VERBENALIN 7 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
Analgesic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiinflammatory 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Cathartic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Coagulant 1 *
Parasympathicomimetic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Parasympathomimetic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Purgative 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Uterotonic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)